Bottling apparatus



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BOTTLING APPARATUS.

No. 496,141. Patented Apr. 25, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY W. SIMMS, OF BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.

BOTTLING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming' part Of Letters Patent NO. 496,141, dated. April25, 1893.

Application filed July 2, 1892- Serial No. 438.790. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. SIMMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bay City, in the county of Bay and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottling Apparatus, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

This invention relates t0 improvements in bottle filling machines, andthe chief objects of the invention are to provide a means whereby aseries of bottles may be filled with a liquid at the same time.

Another object is to provide a machine whereby an exact desired amountof liquid may be placed in a series of bottles whereby the liability ofthe liquid overliowing the bottles, and otherwise wasting the stock isavoidedand the outer surfaces of the bottles are kept free from contactwith the liquid.

My invention consists in the combination and arrangement of the partsand in the construction and operation of the same, as I shallhereinafter more fully describa-and which will also be specificallypointed out in the claims of this specification. A

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which thesame figures of reference are used for indicating the same partsthroughout the several views.

Figure 1, represents a side view in elevation of my improved apparatuswith the parts in position after the bottle is filled. Fig. 2, is thesame showing the position of the mechanism when the cylinders ormeasuring devices are charged for lling the bottles. Fig. 3, is anenlarged vertical central section of One of the cylinders with part ofthe drip section and tank. Fig. 4, is a front View of Fig. 1, partlysectional. Fig. 5, is a plan view of the same.

1, represents a platform or base, and 2, are upwardly projecting guidepieces secured to the lateral sides of the front portion of the baseplate, and these guide pieces are each provided with the horizontallyinclined slots 3. Between the guide pieces 2, are located a series ofvertically arranged cylinders 4, each end cylinder of the series beingprovided cylinder.

with a laterally projecting lug 5, which extend into the slots 3, intowhich they are loosely fitted so as to slide easily to and fro. Thelower end of each cylinder is provided witha nozzle 6, of any desiredsuitable form, and within each cylinder is arranged a piston 7, with apiston rod 8, projecting upwardly therefrom beyond the upper open end ofthe The upper ends of the series of piston rods 8, are passed into thedownwardly extending sockets 9, where they are secured by transversepins, passed through the sockets, and these sockets are pivotallysecured to a transverse rod 11, the ends of the rod being passed throughthe rearwardly extending levers 12, which have their ends pivoted to theupper ends of the vertical supports 13, and have their forward endsextended toward each other in front of the sockets and secured to ahandle 14, common to both. The lower ends of the supports 13, arepivoted to lugs 15, projecting upwardly from the base plate 1, and 16,are brace pieces pivoted by their rear ends to the supports 13, andextending forward have their opposite ends secured by lpivots 17, orotherwise, to the outer sides of the outer cylinders of the series, forretaining the cylinders in proper vertical position in relation to thepistons and their operating mechanism.

18, is a tank or receptacle for the liquid to be transferredtherefrom tothe bottles, and this tank is of any convenient size or form, and issupported upon the base plate between the guide pieces 2, with its frontedge somewhat in rear of the forward ends of the slots 3, so that aseries of bottles 19, may be arranged to stand directly in front of thereceptacle, and to the front edge of this tank is secured a forwardlyextending drip section 20, provided in its front portion with a seriesof openings 21, located beneath and arranged to be in proper alignmentwith the nozzle 6,

and beneath these openings are provided a series of short tubularsections 22, which are arranged to stand directly over the open mouthsof the bottles 19, and are preferably arranged with a suitable downwardtaper for properly directing the liquid into the bottles in a suitablemanner.

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Upon the sides of the levers 12, are pivoted the upper ends of gagepieces 23, and these pieces extending downwardly are passed through aguide 24, through which they move freely and the lower portions of thesegage pieces are provided with a series of openings 25, into any desiredone of which below the gage pieces is passed a pin 26, which, on thelevers being moved upwardly, comes in contact with the guide piece andarrests the movement of the levers. y

In practice the liquid to be transferred into bottles, is placed in thetank 18, and the pistons are forced to the bottom of the cylinders 4, byoperating the handle 14, downwardly, and the handle 14, is then pushedbackward andthe lugs 5, then move rearwardly to the rear ends of theslots 3, and carry the cylinders to the rear and downward until thenozzles 6, dip into the liquid; the handle 14, is then raised and thepistons are lifted within the cylinders until the stop pins come incontactwiththeguides. Thehandleisthendrawn forward and thereby thecylinders are'moved forward until the nozzles are directly over theopenings 21, and the handle isthen operated to move the pistonsdownwardly to eject the contents of the cylinders through the nozzles 4,and the tubes 22, into the bottles 19, which are previously placed inposition beneath the tubes. After the discharge of the contents from thecylinders the handle is again operated to move the cylinders to the rearand the operation is repeated as before, a new series of bottles' beingplaced to receive another discharge from the cylinders.` It will be seenthat by moving the pins 26, to different openings 25, the movement ofthe plungers is regulated to allow just the required quantity of fluidto fill one of the bottles, to be drawn into each cylinder, so that whenthe pistons are moved for ejecting the liquid, only the exact amount tolill the bottle is forced out, and thereby all dripping and overflow areavoided, and the outer surfaces and the mouths of the bottles are keptfree from liability of being soiled and wet, and all waste of the liquidis avoided. It will also be noticed however that these gage pieces canbe differently arranged and located, and may also be modified in formand attain the saine result as it is only necessary to provide somemeans of stopping the upward movement of the pistons at any desiredpoint, in order to regulate the exact quantity of liquid necessary tofill the bottle, and therefore I do not limit my invention entirely tothe precise arrangement and construction of these devices.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In a bottle filling apparatus, the combination of the base providedwith upwardly projecting guide pieces 2, having slots 3, with aseries ofvertical cylinders arranged between the guide pieces and carryingpistons and pisj vided on their lateral sides with lugs 5, projectinginto said slots, and with nozzles 6, on their lower ends, the pistonswithin the cylinders and provided with piston rods proj ecting beyondthe upper ends of the cylinders, a

transverse rod .11, pivotally secured to the upper ends of said pistonrods, the levers 12, carrying. said rod 11, bytheir middle portions, thesupport 13, pivotally secured to the rear ends of the levers-by one endand to the base plate by their opposite ends, and the handle 14, securedto the front ends-of the levers substantially as described.

3. In a bottle filling apparatus the combination of the base providedwith upwardly projecting guide pieces 2, having slots 35a series ofvertical cylinders arranged between the guide pieces and carryingpistons and piston rods,-andl provided on their lateral sides with lugsproj ectingfinto said slots 3, and with nozzles 6,V on their lowerends-, devicesv for moving the lugs to and fro within the slots, and foractuating the pistons as described, with the tank 18, for containing theliquidfand provided on its front `edge with the drip section 20, havingopenings 21, and drip tubes* 22,`

substantially as described.

4. 1n a bottling apparatus the combination of the series of cylinders 4,provided with nozzles 6, and carrying pistons 7, and piston rods 8,- andprovided on their lateral sides with lugs 5, with the guide pieces 2, onthe lateral sides of said series and provided with inclined slots 3, forcarrying the lugs 5, a tank 18, between 'the guide pieces and arrangedto receive the said nozzles 6,- when the lugs are within the lower rearportion of the slots, and provided on its front edge with adrip section20, having openings 21, in alignment with said nozzles when the lugs areresting in the front ends of said slots, and means for moving the lugsto and fro in the slots and for actuating the pistons, substantially asset forth.

5. In a bottling apparatus the combination of the base provided withupwardly projecting guide pieces 2, having the slots 3, the series ofcylinders 4, provided with nozzles 6, and carrying pistons 7, and pistonrods 8, and having on the lateral sides of the series the lugs 5,projecting into said slots for supporting the cylinders, the transverserod 11, pivotally secured to the upper ends of said piston rods, thelevers 12, having their middle IOO IIO

portions secured to the lateral ends of said through the gage pieces,substantially as set rod, and provided on their front ends with a forth.1o handle, the supports 13, pivoted to the rear In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in ends of the levers by one end and with theirpresence of two witnesses.

5 opposite ends pivotally secured to the base, HENRY W. SIMMS.

and the gage pieces 23, pivoted to the levers Witnesses: 12, andextending through the permanently JAs. E. THOMAS, Xed guide pieces 24,and the pins 26,passed T. FLUEs.

